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1/24 stater of Kyzikos with head of tunny fish
Greek
Archaic Period
before 550 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 mm. Weight: 0.63 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1271
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1388.
DescriptionObverse: Head of tunny fish to left.
Reverse: In incuse square an irregular surface, dot in center.
Reverse: In incuse square an irregular surface, dot in center.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1420; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren